Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 809: Chapter 809: His Gentleness Belongs Only to Her

At this moment, Princess Jin Hua’s sense of humiliation nearly reached its peak. She always knew Ye Lanfeng was indifferent to her, but today he was like this even in front of a life-playing playboy, which she found completely unacceptable. Especially as she noticed from the corner of her eye that the playboy had no intention of joining the conversation, clearly enjoying the scene.

Hateful! Princess Jin Hua lowered her head, biting her lips, as a flash of resentment crossed her eyes. Ye Lanfeng was the man she loved, so of course, she couldn’t blame him. Naturally, her anger turned towards the innocent bystander Han Yan.

”Well then, I won’t disturb your meal.” It took nearly all of Princess Jin Hua’s strength to utter this sentence, and after speaking, she immediately turned around and left with her entourage.

Just as Princess Jin Hua was about to leave the room, Ye Lanfeng suddenly spoke, ”Wait!”

Princess Jin Hua’s heart leaped with joy, and she stopped in her tracks, turning around full of hope, only to hear Ye Lanfeng’s indifferent voice, ”Please help us close the door.”

Had it not been for the fact that she was a princess, Han Yan would have burst out laughing. That was a perfect pinch, perfectly timed, and nothing short of hilarious, hahaha.

Sparing the fair maiden, in Ye Lanfeng’s case, was indeed a joke.

With a pale face, Princess Jin Hua helped them close the door and left the second floor with shaky steps. Han Yan feigned a moment of sympathy in his heart, oh dear, the little heart of Her Highness Princess is really battered right now. Can it recover? Truly pitiable.

”Alright, finally no one’s disturbing us anymore.” Ye Lanfeng turned to Han Yan with a slight smile, the tenderness in his smile making Han Yan’s heart throb.

A brilliant smile slowly spread across Han Yan’s face. His gentleness belonged only to him, and this feeling was indeed wonderful.

Watching Han Yan’s dazzling smile, something exploded within Ye Lanfeng’s heart, warmth nearly overflowing from his chest.

In a very good mood, having finished their meal, Han Yan and Ye Lanfeng both headed home.

Once back home, Han Yan got to work.

He carried the large pile of swords that Che Xiang had previously sent to the courtyard. Han Yan started to implement his earlier idea, attempting to purify impurities and seal cultivation using the Heavenly Heart Technique. Ye Lanfeng sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, sipping tea with his chin in hand, watching Han Yan’s actions with great interest.

”Crack,” with a crisp sound, the longsword in front of him turned into a pile of fragments.

This was the third sword.

Han Yan’s idea was commendable, but things were far from being as easy as the Star Illusion Thousand Machine suggested. Forget about sealing the cultivation; even the first step of removing impurities was incredibly difficult.

Although Han Yan’s Heavenly Heart Technique was said to have the miraculous effect of taking the power of all things for one’s own use, refining impurities from the swords was entirely different from how she used to refine poisons before. To put it simply, you could directly consume poison, but the impurities in a sword were formed from hammered metal and ores—one could be eaten, the other could not—which naturally made the difficulty of absorption and refinement worlds apart.

To make matters worse, although these longswords weren’t considered top divine weapons, they had undergone extensive hammering and refining, and the impurities had merged into the sword bodies. Refining them separately was even harder, and a slight mistake would turn the entire longsword into fragments.

Even though Han Yan had pushed the Heavenly Heart Technique to its limit and brought the Six Senses to its peak, three swords had already been ruined one after another.

”Oh, still not strong enough.” The continuous operation of the technique left Han Yan somewhat fatigued. He sighed and stopped his hands.

He would never doubt the words of the Star Illusion Thousand Machine. Since it said that relying on the Divine Martial Refining Soul Technique and the Heavenly Heart Technique, even an ordinary longsword could seal cultivation, it must be achievable. For now, as failure continued, Han Yan could only attribute it to his lack of strength.

He had been a Sword Master for some time, but his strength hadn’t seen much improvement, currently stuck at the Mid-stage Sword Master First Rank, with progress being very slow.

There was no way around it. His difficulty in promotion was significantly higher than others. The only reason he managed to reach the Sword Master Realm within a year was thanks to the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate left by Mu Tianlie and Yan Yuchu’s Human-shaped Replenishing Qi Pill, but now the star power from the heavenly destiny star plate was exhausted, and the replenishing qi pill wasn’t at hand, making speeding up impossible.

The Little Auspicious Beast had woken up at some point, placing its tiny paws on his collar, craning its neck to look outside.

”Oh, what’s this?” Next to him came Han Yunyun’s curious voice.

With Aunt Xiu absent, the little girl was bored and had been practicing swordsmanship with Huayue and others, sweat dripping on her face, making her looks flushed and incredibly cute.

”This is the pet I’m raising, named Liu Guang.” As he mentioned Liu Guang, Han Yan’s spirits lifted. This wasn’t just any creature; it was an auspicious beast. From hatching until now, it had been quite a while, and it should have grown significantly by now. Han Yan was really curious about how powerful this auspicious beast would be when grown.

”Liu Guang, such a handsome name. Does it run very fast?” Han Yunyun’s big eyes blinked with excitement.

”Uh...well...” Han Yan hadn’t had a chance to answer when he saw the little creature slowly crawl out, then plopped to the ground, and then it clung to Han Yan’s pant leg, slowly climbing up.

After climbing less than a foot, the Little Auspicious Beast closed its eyes and started snoring. Just when Han Yan thought the little creature had fallen asleep, it suddenly opened its eyes again and continued its sporadic crawl upward, albeit at such a snail’s pace that it made people anxious.

”Brother Han Yan, did you misspeak just now? Is its name really Liu Guang?” In Han Yunyun’s imagination, since it was named Liu Guang, it should naturally be as fast as the wind. Unfortunately, the scene before her left her utterly baffled.

”Ahem, ahem, when it’s awake, it can indeed move quite quickly.” Han Yan wiped his forehead, consoling himself.

Awake? Why does it seem like this little guy has never really woken up since it was born?

”You’ve been raising it for so long, how come it hasn’t grown at all?” Huayue and others had gathered around, watching the Little Auspicious Beast’s laborious climb up Han Yan’s thigh, and then continue its climb onto the table, with a puzzled expression.

Hearing this, Han Yan also felt a bit perplexed. He’d been feeding the little thing quite a bit all these days, yet it hadn’t grown at all. It was still as pink and small, akin to a tiny piglet—though Lady Mu didn’t want to admit it, she had to concede this little creature indeed quite resembled a pig, bringing about a jubilant feel.

That’s why Lady Mu hoped it would grow up quickly. Otherwise, carrying a little piglet around all day was rather embarrassing.

”Haven’t you been feeding it?” Ye Lanfeng reached out a finger to play with the Little Auspicious Beast, asking.

”I feed it every day; whatever I eat, it eats. Never missing a meal, so why doesn’t it grow?” Han Yan said with a bitter face.

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